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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;chrsmat71, post: 1948832, member: 42634&quot;]nice grosso! one of those is still on the list..so is one of those awesome knight coins stevex has.</p><p><br /></p><p>2. ok, here&#039;s another i got to scratch off the list...a himyarite coin.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]339764[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>had to use the seller&#039;s pics, it was really hard to get a picture of this coin....mine were all horrible.</p><p><br /></p><p>it&#039;s a neat little scyphate coin, i&#039;m uncertain of aspects of it&#039;s attribution...</p><p><br /></p><p>himyarite kingdon</p><p>1st century AD</p><p><br /></p><p>quinarius?&nbsp; light drachm?&nbsp; hemidrachm?&nbsp; AR unit?&nbsp; i&#039;ve seen all this listed.&nbsp; i assume we don&#039;t know what they were called and these are guesses.&nbsp; anyone know?&nbsp; i think i&#039;ll go AR unit unless i hear otherwise.</p><p><br /></p><p>o: male head right, surrounded by border of dots (serpent?), monogram left, what the heck is that far left?&nbsp; a bratwurst???</p><p><br /></p><p>r: small head, monogram right? sabaean text...&quot;MDN BYN RYDN&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p>what does that mean? rydn i assume is raidan mint (that is almost always listed for this coins...some time the entire text is listed as a mint mark.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>14 mm</p><p>1.4 g</p><p><br /></p><p>feel free to post your himyarites, i know there are a few out there.<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie80" alt=":shame:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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